One large scrapbook contains documentation on Robert Delford Brown's art events, happenings, and environments from 1964 to 1974. A large portion of the scrapbook documents the "Meat Show" event that Brown created in 1964. Found here are photographs of the installation, press materials, and a list of supplies needed. Also included in the scrapbook are photographs depicting Brown working on projects, events, people such as Claes Oldenburg and Mario Amaya, and interior and exterior views of "The Great Building Crack-Up." Additionally, there are newspaper and magazine clippings, press releases, event announcements, scattered letters, and documentation on the founding of The First National Church of Exquisite Panic, Inc.
Arrangement note:
Scrapbook materials have been removed from the original album and housed in archival folders. The original order of the documents has been maintained.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Citation:
Robert Delford Brown papers, 1964-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
